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The nation’s politicians are a romantic bunch with MPs voting Casablanca as their favourite film of all time.

The classic love story starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman was top in a survey of 175 MPs.

“Casablanca is a moving and inspirational classic. What makes it my favourite film is both its atmosphere and especially the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman,” confessed Lib Dem Norman Baker. “In fact I still cry at the Marseillaise scene,”

Star Wars was the overall second favourite, followed by One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Some Like It Hot.

Stephen Crabb, youngest Tory MP in the Commons, listed Star Wars as his top choice.

“Star Wars was made when I was just four years old but it is a timeless masterpiece for three reasons. First, the music. Second, the pace. Third, it manages to turn even robots into thoroughly believable characters.

“But perhaps more importantly, Princess Leia was the first girl I fell in love with.”

The results of the survey, carried out for Sky Movies, revealed that the three main parties have rather different tastes.

Labour MPs listed Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs and Citizen Kane – although another popular choice was Brassed Off, about a South Yorkshire colliery band fighting to save their pit from closure.

The Tories were twice as likely as their rivals to choose a romantic film, with many naming Gone With The Wind, La Dolce Vita and Wuthering Heights.

The Lib Dems, meanwhile, revealed themselves to be fans of Austin Powers: Goldmember.